Daily Meditation: Monday, November 29, 2010

Plants - their living conditions: ana­logies with those of spiritual seekers

11/29/2010

Since they are attached to the ground, plants are obliged to put up with heat, cold, wind and storms. These are certainly difficult conditions, but they grow and produce flowers all the same. And their colours are so beautiful and their fragrance so pleasant! People on a spiritual path are, symbolically, exposed to the same difficult conditions as plants. And yet these conditions are far preferable to those chosen by lazy people, who stay safely in their 'lofts'. Of course, in a loft seeds won't be exposed to bad weather, but they run other much worse risks: they might go mouldy, be eaten up by mice or maggots or, worst of all, not be put to good use. And being useless is the worst fate there is. Once planted in the spiritual life, humans meet with obstacles, but at least they are on the right path: they grow, they stand up for themselves and they create.